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Review NaN of Summary: These speakers were bought as a 'budget' buy to accompany my brand new Arcam Alpha 8SE CD, Alpha 8R Amp and Sony MD-JE520 minidisc. I had tested Tannoy Revolution R1s, Mercury M2.5s, Kef Q15s, AE Aegis 1s and B&W DM601s. My budget was £200 (ukp) plus stands (Alphason Akros 60s) so I had originally discounted the P10s - Sound & Vision (Bolton, UK) had them on offer for £175, and a quick test persuaded me to buy them without question.
I use them bi-wired; the imaging is first rate, clarity superb and there's not too much bass for my smallish room. I have now re-listened to most of my CD collection - Massive Attack's 'Protection' takes on a new perspective, The Corrs' 'What can I do?' now reveals a few more instruments in the background, and Miles Davis' re-issue of 'Sketches of Spain' is beautifully reproduced. Don't just think that these speakers are more at home with gentler music - they can rock with the best of them, as Joe Satriani's 'Surfing with the Alien' and The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tonight, Tonight' prove.
Top rate speakers at a steal in the UK - most suppliers have them on offer at considerably less than their intended £300+ RRP. The only snag so far - my wife doesn't like the look of them!
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